 Hospice Care
"Hospice Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (HOSPICES), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017051
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.400 N02.421.585.905.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospice Programs- Hospice Programs
- Hospice Program
- Program, Hospice
- Programs, Hospice
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospice Care" by people in Profiles.
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Mauleon J, Staffileno BA. Integration of an Advance Care Planning Model in Home Health: Favorable Outcomes in End-of-Life Discussions, POLST Rates, and 60-day Hospital Readmissions. Home Healthc Now. 2019 Nov/Dec; 37(6):337-344.
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Kheirbek RE, Alemi Y, Wojtusiak J, Kheirbek L, Madison S, Fokar A, Doukky R, Moore HJ. Impact of Hospice and Palliative Care Service Utilization on All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rate for Older Adults Hospitalized with Heart Failure. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Jul; 36(7):623-629.
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Mayahara M, Wilbur J, Fogg L, Breitenstein SM. Behavioral Pain Intervention for Hospice and Palliative Care Patients: An Integrative Review. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Sep; 35(9):1245-1255.
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Maingi S, Bagabag AE, O'Mahony S. Current Best Practices for Sexual and Gender Minorities in Hospice and Palliative Care Settings. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 05; 55(5):1420-1427.
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Mayahara M, Wilbur J, O'Mahony S, Breitenstein S. E-Pain Reporter: A Digital Pain and Analgesic Diary for Home Hospice Care. J Palliat Care. 2017 Apr; 32(2):77-84.
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O'Mahony S, Levine S, Baron A, Johnson TJ, Ansari A, Leyva I, Marschke M, Szmuilowicz E, Deamant C. Palliative Workforce Development and a Regional Training Program. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Jan; 35(1):138-143.
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Kleinpell R, Vasilevskis EE, Fogg L, Ely EW. Exploring the association of hospice care on patient experience and outcomes of care. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2019 Mar; 9(1):e13.
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Jegier BJ, O'Mahony S, Johnson J, Flaska R, Perry A, Runge M, Sommerfeld T. Impact of a Centralized Inpatient Hospice Unit in an Academic Medical Center. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Sep; 33(8):755-9.
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Karikari-Martin P, McCann JJ, Farran CJ, Hebert LE, Haffer SC, Phillips M. Race, Any Cancer, Income, or Cognitive Function: What Inf?luences Hospice or Aggressive Services Use at the End of Life Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries? Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Jul; 33(6):537-45.
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Yeow ME. Your own sweet time: discontinuing ventilator support at home. J Palliat Med. 2015 Apr; 18(4):388-9.
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